Australian Medical School: Undergraduate versus Graduate
While attempting to get into medical school, we appropriately place a lot of time and exertion into reading up and planning for tests and interviews. In any case, the application cycle itself can be a wellspring of stress and uneasiness — how would I apply, how would I arrange my preferences, what test do I have to sit, what scores do I want, do I have to move, how might I manage the cost of this?
These are very legitimate and significant inquiries to pose to yourself, and on this page we’ll jump into the subtleties of Australian medical school admission to make the application process smoother for you.
There are 2 wide pathways to become a doctor in Australia — undergraduate or graduate medical school. The principal contrast between the two is the specific moment where you can start studying medicine.
The undergraduate pathway is intended for students who are coming straight out of secondary school, while the graduate pathway is intended for understudies who have previously finished a college degree.
Undergraduate medical schools, as a rule, are 5–6 years in length, as understudies won’t have to finish any past tertiary schooling. On the other hand, graduate medical schools will require close to 4 years to finish. For this situation, understudies will initiate clinical arrangements from the get-go as they will have demonstrated they have the pertinent foundation information through their undergraduate certificate, GPA and GAMSAT scores. Remember that this implies that generally speaking, graduate understudies will have spent at least 7 years toward their medical degree’s end.
As undergraduate courses are intended for understudies leaving secondary school, confirmations are based around the ATAR, as well as a high scoring UCAT test and an interview. In the graduate pathway, the ATAR is supplanted by a GPA, and the UCAT is supplanted by the GAMSAT test.
Rundown of Graduate Medical Schools in Australia
In 2022, there are at present 13 Australian medical schools that give a Graduate Medical Program, 12 of which require the GAMSAT test (or MCAT test for international students). Monash College graduate medical school doesn’t need the GAMSAT and is simply accessible to understudies who have finished a supported four-year certification at Monash.
Of these 12 postgraduate medical schools in Australia, 10 are from the GAMSAT Consortium and their medical courses are members of GEMSAS. The College of Sydney and Flinders College, are not a part of GEMSAS, but still require a GAMSAT score, as well as independent, direct applications.
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